Monthly Archives: November 2012

Vide President Joe Bident visits the grand opening of a Costco store in Washington D.C., where he was able to shop for some gifts, talk to shoppers and speak on the need for congress to extend tax cuts for middle-class Americans

Luis Arbulu explains Entrepreneur Pathways, a new resource center that provides entrepreneurs looking to start a business in the United States with a more intuitive way to navigate the immigration process.

First Lady Michelle Obama talks with members of the press in the State Dining Room of the White House during the 2012 holiday decorations press preview, Nov. 28, 2012. Mrs. Obama welcomed military families to the White House to view the decorations and joined military children in the State Dining Room to work on holiday crafts and treats. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

President Obama Holds a Cabinet Meeting
In yesterday’s meeting, President Obama said the Cabinet would discuss efforts to help communities recover and rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, as well as making sure taxes on the middle class don’t go up.

Moving Towards an AIDS-free Generation
As we celebrated World AIDS Day 2012 yesterday, we took a moment to look back at what’s been achieved and what remains to be done to meet the goal of an AIDS-free generation.

Every day, more than 400,000 servicewomen risk their lives in defense of our country and our ideals. For that, they should be honored.

Tragically, right now, they’re being denied respect, care, and basic dignity. Each year, an estimated 19,000 of our service members, who make the greatest sacrifice anyone can make, are victims of sexual assault. And yet they are denied insurance coverage for abortions even in cases of rape and incest.

We can’t let this continue.

My amendment to give these women the coverage they deserve is in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act. The final vote could come as soon as this week and we have to make sure it’s not blocked.

I’m joining with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to stand up for our servicewomen and make sure our voices are heard loud and clear. Will you join us?

Thanks to the women in this room and people all across the country, we worked really hard — and it’s now been more than three years since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and I signed it into law. It’s been nearly a year since the Supreme Court upheld the law under the Constitution. And, by the way, six months ago, the American people went to the polls and decided to keep going in this direction. So the law is here to stay.

I’ll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable, by putting in place new checks and new safeguards, and going forward, by making sure that the law is applied as it should be — in a fair and impartial way.

They exemplified the very idea of citizenship — that with our God-given rights come responsibilities and obligations to ourselves and to others. They embodied that idea. That’s the way they died. That’s how we must remember them. And that’s how we must live.